Book Ref: 'Making Faces', Kevyn Aucoin, Little Brown and Company, 1 September 1999,
Makeup artist to celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Cher and Julia Roberts, Kevyn Aucoin is considered the first makeup artist to the celebrities of the world. His iconic skill with makeup has secured him as the artist of the stars being quoted by Paltrow that "the best thing about him doing your makeup is it allows you to spend time with him". Emphasising this concept that your success as an makeup artist is not simply created through the skill of your work but also how you present yourself as a creative and your ability to work with people. By 1994 Aucoin was the only makeup artist to have ever been awarded the CFDA Award from the Council of Fashion Designers America and onwards into 2001 he had successfully created the 'Naked' collection with cosmetics company Revlon and gone on to develop his own brand under his name 'Kevin Aucoin'.
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| Aucoin with the icon that is Cher! http://bandofthebes.typepad.com/ bandofthebes /images/2008/02/14/aucoin.jpg |
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| Kate Moss by Kevyn Aucoin http://beautybanter.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2012/08/kate_moss_ka-720x720.jpg |
Perhaps what stands out to me most about Aucoin's work was that of the makeup he created for Cher, as he was responsible for some of her most glamorous looks for events and music videos such as 'Turn Back Time' where the heavy cut crease eye and bold lip became her statement look throughout her latter music career. Cher being one of my own personal icons made researching his influence into her look and career all the more fascinating, he was a makeup artist who truly influenced those around him and whose work remains iconic of his style and artistic abilities with even his established techniques and advice on base makeup such as contouring being taken and repeatedly portrayed within amateur youtube videos that desire the sculpted face of the Kardashian's.
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